An efficient formulation of the Bayesian occupation filter for target tracking in dynamic environments

International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-171

  Tay, M K ^a   Mekhnacha, K ^b   Chen, C ^c   Yguel, M ^a   Laugier, C ^a  

^a INRIA RHÔNE ALPES   (France)

^b ProBayes   (France)

^c RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian filtering; occupancy grids; tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952969137     PISSN: 14710226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVAS.2008.016483     Document Type: Article

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